How to Create a Backup Hard Disk & Create a Bootable Recovery CD With Windows XP
Creating a backup copy of your hard disk and placing it on a bootable recovery CD will enable you to have a dual purpose backup and recovery tool for your computer, as you will be able to restore your hard drive from the backup or start your computer in the event that Windows XP refuses to initialize. This is accomplished by creating a CD containing a boot disk image along with a backup file from your PC.
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Things You'll Need
- Blank CD
- Boot disk image (see Resources)
- CD burning program capable of producing a boot or image CD
Instructions
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Click "Start." Open "Programs," "Accessories," "System Tools," and "Backup."
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Select "Back up files and folders" and select "Let me choose what to back up."
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Check the box next to the letter of the drive you wish to back up. Select the "Desktop" as the location where you wish to store your backup file.
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Press "Finish" to create the backup.
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Go to the Boot Disk website whose link appears below in the Resource Section and download a boot image of your choice. When in doubt, choose the boot image with the highest version number.
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Open your CD burning program and select the option to create a "Boot" or "Image" CD. Set the downloaded boot image as the "boot" or "Image" file and drag and drop the hard drive backup file to the CD queue. Press "Burn" to create your recovery disk.
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